What goes up sometimes comes down
It’s never been a better time to be a new car buyer In life there are certain maxims we truly can take for granted: night follows day; lazy summers give way to brutal winters (in Canada, anyway); a decent share …
Category: Opinion
Man on a Mission
I’m on another call and my phone rings — again. Soon thereafter, an email arrives. It’s Jim Bell, our popular and colourful Focus on Fixed columnist. When he can’t reach me, he calls publisher Niel Hiscox in the office next …
New anti-spam law is a game changer
Are you ready for the new law? You had better be There is a significant change coming to Canada’s legal landscape that you need to be aware of. Commonly referred to as “Canadian anti-spam legislation”, or “CASL” this new law …
Here we go again…
Ottawa must be prepared to intervene in economy Despite months of what’s consistently been branded a “recovery” in the wake of the recession of 2008 and 2009, we find ourselves once again in very uncertain waters. As of this writing, …
Pick up the phone
Dealer phone call leads to lunch chat In my first editor’s note in this space, I wrote that I loved getting reader feedback and hearing from dealers. That’s why I was so happy to pick up my phone and hear …
Winning team
We are a dealer-owned magazine. As the only dealer-owned publication that reaches all of Canada’s franchised new car dealers, it’s our role to represent dealer interests. That mandate hasn’t changed in the seven years we’ve been publishing Canadian auto dealer …
Google offers tips for dealers
Two experts from Google took the stage at the Driving Sales Executive Summit conference yesterday in Las Vegas, Nevada to give dealers tips on how to drive more traffic and convert more online visitors into offline sales. Jonika Hoomes, Google’s …
Don’t let it happen
It’s one of the hottest days Toronto (and much of the rest of the country) has ever measured. Still, I can’t get a skiing image out of my head. All thanks to Best Buy. If we were starting down a …
Wanted: Young guns
Are you ready for the next generation? There’s a lot of interest in issues like succession planning, the lack of a solid bench strength for our industry, and questions about where the future leaders of Canada’s automotive retail industry are …
The missing perspective
Short sighted policies hamper our economic performance I recently had the pleasure of attending a very interesting presentation. Professor Christopher Ragan of McGill University – a renowned economist with a world class resume – gave a talk entitled A Complex …
Study: new fuel standards will cost jobs and sales
While President Barack’s Obama administration and automakers battle it out over the target for new fuel efficiency standards, a new white paper suggests it will lead to millions fewer cars sold and 220,000 lost jobs. The paper’s author, Dean Drake, …
Shifting Gears
Got an opinion? We’d love to hear it. The first thing you’ll notice in this issue of Canadian auto dealer is that my picture replaces the picture of our longtime editor Gerry Malloy in this spot. But all is well …
